A 22-year-old human smuggler nicknamed “Rufles” was sentenced to more than 14 years in federal prison on Monday for his role in a South Texas smuggling ring that kidnapped a family of illegal immigrants, including a pregnant woman and a seven-year-old child, and attempted to extort their relatives.
Rodolfo Daniel De Hoyos was the fifth of nine smugglers arrested in the operation, which was announced Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
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